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PLATE WITH CAMEO PROFILE OF FLORE FROM THE "SERVICE À MARLI D'OR"

Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

Currently in storage


About this object

The plate has a round gold border with a burnished design of palmettes. In the center is a profile of Flore done in imitation of a sardonyx cameo.

Object name:
PLATE WITH CAMEO PROFILE OF FLORE FROM THE "SERVICE À MARLI D'OR"
Made from:
Hard paste porcelain
Made in:
Sèvres, France
Date made:
1813-1814
Size:
2.9 x 23.3 cm (1 1/8 x 9 3/16 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
24.244
Signature marks:
Printed mark in red Crowned eagle surrounded by the words "Manufacture Imperiale Sevres Crowned eagle surrounded with the words "Manufacture Imperiale Sevres" Script mark TZ for 1813 and MO 12 avt Back of the plate Original paper factory label with "Sevres" printed on it and the price "125 fr" faintly writen as well as the object's reference number "(1) 6.22" The frame with a printed label with a crowned N, the name "Clumber" and 428. Inscribed in pencil "south wall right of door" Inscribed "Flore"; Inscribed “Clumber” on the back of each plate frame.
Credit line:
Museum Purchase, 2005